Poultry feeder



J. C. HOSTLER.

POULTRY FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 27,1922.

1 A2 5 (1 1 3., Patented Aug. 8, 1922.

l o Q a I Jjizlm 60 JOHN C. HUSTLER, GE ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POULTRY FEEDER.

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Application filedlViarch 2?, 1922. Serial No. 547,245.

To all whom it may come; it

' Be it known that 1, JOHN C. lilosrnna, a citizen of the United Eitatcs, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Poultry Feeders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

v This invention relates to poultry feeders, and has for its object to provide a feeder constructed to permit the poultry to readily gain aecesss to the teed.

Another object is to provide a feeder having a number of feed receiving receptacles, with means to protect the feed and yet permit the poultry to readily obtain the feed.

, It is a further object of the invention to provide feeder of this character wherein certain of the feed receiving receptacles are provided with shields adapted to prevent the entrance of foreign matter into the feed receptacles, the shields being rotatable to prevent the poultry from roosting thereon,

A still further object of the invention is to provide a poultry feeder with rotatable trough with means for holding said trough in position for use and in its inverted position for cleaning,

ll' ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved. construction and arrangement of parts to be herein after more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompany ing drawings, in which 2 Figure l is a side elevation of poultry feeder, constructed in accordance with an cmbodim ent of the invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevation; and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view:

Referring to the drawings, 5 and 6 designate the main supporting standards of the feeder, each standard being provided with a base 7, a bracing member 8 being carried by each base to properly brace the stand ards. Disposed between, and connecting the standards 5 and 6 to each other, is a plurality of troughs 9, 10 and 11. The trough 9 is substantially t -shaped in cross section and has its end portions 1.1 bolted to the up per portions of the standards, below the upper extremities of the standards, so that the trough may be readily disengaged from the standards when necessary. t will be noted that the trough 9 is disposed inwardly of the edges of the standards,said trough having a plurality of compartments 13 adapted to hold various materials for use in the feeding of poultry, such as grit, charcoal, and oyster shell. Each longitudinal edge 14. er the trough 9 is provided with a longitudinally extending strip 15, said strip extending inwardly to serve as a guard and prevent unnecessary waste of the material when the poultry is feeding. In order to protect the contents of the trough 9 from dirt and like foreign matter, a shield 16 is disposed above the trough adjacent the upper extremity of the standards 5 and 6. The ends of the shield are pivoted to the standards so that in case the poultry endeavors to roost upon the shield, the same will rotate so that the contents or the trough will at all times be protected.

The trough 10 is considerably larger than the trough 9, but similar in construct-ion, that is, V-shaped in cross section, the end portions 1.7 of the trough 10 being bolted to the standards closely adjacent the bottom of the trough 9. The trough 10 is intended to receive dry mash, the longitudinal edges of the trough projecting beyond the edges or. the standards. The longitudinal edges of the trough 10, similar to the trough 9, provides with longitudinally extending guard strips 18 which prevent waste of material, in the breeding of poultry it is desirable that the dry mash trough be closed at certain times. In view of this, lids 19 and 20 are provided, each lid being hinged to the end portions of the trough 10 at the confronting inner edges of the lids, so that the trough 10 may be opened from either side or the feeder, the lids being arranged to rest upon the guard strips 18. Carried by each of the standards 5 and 6 and having its end extending beyond the edges thereof, supporting member 21. A supporting is a strip 22 is connected to the ends of the supporting members 21, and serves as a platform to permit the poultry to gain access to either the trough 9 or trough 10, the membore 21 being positioned so that the poultry may readily gain access to either of the troughs without standing upon the edge of the trough.

A trough 11 is disposed beneath the trough l0 and adjacent the base member 7, the end portions 23 of the trough 11 being pivoted to the members 5 and 6 and rotatable. The trough 11, similar to the troughs 9 and 10 is substantially V-shaped in cross section. y pivoting thetrough 11 it is possible to rotate the same for cleaning. This trough is intended to contain Wetmash. In order to prevent accidental rotation of the trough, and Waste of the contents there- 'of, one of the standards is provided With openings 24: and 25, disposed in spaced relation to the pivot opening, the adjacent end of'the "trough 11 being provided with an openingQti adapted to register With either one of the openings 24 and 25, a pin 27 being dispose d in said registering openings to hold the trough. When the pin is disposed inthe opening 24 the trough is held in its upri'glitposition for use, and when disposed in the opening 25 and registering With the opening 26, the trough is held inits inverted position. the provision of only two openings or "holes the end portions of the trough 11, waste of the material is prevented. To protect the contents of the trough l 1,a shield 28 is pivoted at its ends to the standards 5 and '6, the shie'l d2 8, similar to the shield, 16, "being rotatable to prevent roosting oi. the poultry fupon the shield. It Will be noted that the shield28 is disposed a suiiicient distance from the trough llso as to permit the troi'igh to be r'otated 'for cleaning.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention provides a novel form of feeder, "wherein means are provided for holding all kinds of materials used in the feeding-of' oti1try,"the 'fe'e'der being of asifz'e .so that the poultry can readily obtain the feed and yet is so constructed that roosting u oirthe'feeder is prevented. In

addition to this, a will he noted that the onl rneans of'eohneeti on between themembers 6 and 6 are the troughs which are bolted to said .members.

The remaining parts of the feeder are likewise detachably connected so that the entire feeder may be readily disassembled and disposed in a compact form for shipping and reassembled by an unskilled person. I of course do not Wish to be limited to the precise arrangement as herein described, as minor changes may be made, such as changing the trough from V-shaped to U-sha-ped, Without departing from the scope of the claims.

What is claimed is 1. A feeder comprisinga pair of spaced supporting standards, troughs connectingv the standards to each other, said troughs bei'ng disposed'one above the other, a shield rotatably mounted abovev each of the end troughs, covers hinged at their confronting edgestothe intermediate trough, supporting arms carried by the standards the ends of said arms projecting beyond the sides of the standards, and platforms connected to and supported by said supporting arins.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOHN o. Hos'irLER. 

